Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

John Deere 333G Compact Track Loader

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Jeffrey Naylor · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day
$700
Week
$2,303
28 days
$6,720

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $2,800. On the week rate it is $2,303.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $12,600. On the 28-day rate it is $6,720.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for John Deere 333G Compact Track Loader, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$700$700—day
2$1,400$1,400—day
3$2,100$2,100—day
4$2,800$2,303you save $497week
5$3,500$2,303you save $1,197week
6$4,200$2,303you save $1,897week
7$4,900$2,303you save $2,597week
8$5,600$3,003you save $2,597week
9$6,300$3,703you save $2,597week
10$7,000$4,403you save $2,597week
11$7,700$4,606you save $3,094week
12$8,400$4,606you save $3,794week
13$9,100$4,606you save $4,494week
14$9,800$4,606you save $5,194week
15$10,500$5,306you save $5,194week
16$11,200$6,006you save $5,194week
17$11,900$6,706you save $5,194week
18$12,600$6,720you save $5,88028-day
19$13,300$6,720you save $6,58028-day
20$14,000$6,720you save $7,28028-day
21$14,700$6,720you save $7,98028-day
22$15,400$6,720you save $8,68028-day
23$16,100$6,720you save $9,38028-day
24$16,800$6,720you save $10,08028-day
25$17,500$6,720you save $10,78028-day
26$18,200$6,720you save $11,48028-day
27$18,900$6,720you save $12,18028-day
28$19,600$6,720you save $12,88028-day
29$20,300$7,420you save $12,880day
30$21,000$8,120you save $12,880day
31$21,700$8,820you save $12,880day
32$22,400$9,023you save $13,377week
33$23,100$9,023you save $14,077week
34$23,800$9,023you save $14,777week
35$24,500$9,023you save $15,477week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$6,720
Rental protection (RPP)
$1,008
Service fee
$672
Estimated total
$8,400

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.